In honour of the late Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu…

As a mark of respect to the late Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, IMO STATE BLOG will dedicate the entire week solely to articles centered on his life and legacy.

It is quite shameful that not many of our youth today are aware of the role played by the late Ikemba, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu in our history today. Ask any Yoruba person about Obafemi Awolowo and they will be glad to tell you his story. Likewise the Hausa. The northerners will be proud to enlighten you about their leaders.

In my quest to broaden my knowledge ,I set out asking questions. Especially on the religious violence in Nigeria. I was opportuned to meet with the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. So as not to digress, that story will be set aside for another day. The point I am trying to make is that we must be bold enough to seek answers to questions that will define our future .

Although I may not have had the opportunity to meet the late Ikemba , I am consoled knowing that his legacy will be buried in the sands of time.

Our generation today is a blessed one. It is important that we educate ourselves on the Igbo nation as a whole. It doesn’t end with answering “Imolite”. Some of us are lost in America speaking “I wanna gonna ….” What story do we have to tell our children? Are we going to train them with the history of Abraham Lincoln or Queen Eliza? Are we going to let the western culture erase the struggle fought by our forefathers? We cannot afford to carry last!

By the grace of the Almighty, IMO STATE BLOG has built a readership across 180 countries and counting. Irrespective of where we find ourselves, we must make a conscious effort to keep the Igbo dream alive by staying informed.

Using this platform, the blog will serve to educate us on the man, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu , his struggle with Biafra and vision for the Igbo’s. If you have any contributions to share, please send it to us via email (imostateblog at gmail dot com) and it will be published.

7 Responses to "In honour of the late Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu…"

The onus is on us to continue from where our fore fathers and leaders stopped.I love Ikemba Ezegburugburu Ndi Igbo.He remains my gem and the pearl of Igbo land.Many of our people died during the war.We are going to immortalize them all in due time. I think at this time that Enugu state government should RENAME OGUI ROAD ODUMEGWU OJUKWU WAY. That should link from ONUASATA STRAIGHT TO ABAKPA JUNCTION IN HONOR OF THE IKEMBA.

Specifically on the call on the new Igbo generation to learn their history. I have learnt more about the Igbo people through active research in the last 2 years than I ever knew growing up for 20 years in Port Harcourt and Enugu. My point is our Education system is not doing it. It seems we Igbos become more fragmented day by day. Ojukwu, dike di ora nma, Ikemba Nnewi, Eze Igbo, DIM, was a great symbol and rallying point for us. We need new symbols and heroes for the Igbo nation.

Thank you for this site and all your hard work. May your efforts continue to be blessed. Through you some of us “no ni ije” have been able to keep up with our home, where our hearts lie. Thank you. Remain blessed in the Lord.

honestly am scared of the present generation and worse still those coming after us, we’ve basically lost our sense of culture and values,we do not know much of our history, i inclusive. we really need to educate ourselves. Dim ojukwu has a lot of history associated with him. We can use his death to tap into the very rich igbo history and educate our children and our children’s children on the igbo history. Ojukwu truly epitomises Igbo unity